Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10

tie mail car, and crawling upon
the tender, presented s pair of pistols at
Engineer Bakers head. Under such per-
emptory orders he could notG otherwise
than halt the train when the creek was
reached. The other two confcderates were
in waiting here. The latter were BACKED
but the two that rode with the epgi-
neer were free OF disguise. This
pair had been lettering around the
station and are thus described
by the agent: One was q tall man, about
forty years old, rather heavy build, light
COMPLEXION, sandy mustsche, black hat,
and suit OF common dark clothes. HIS
partner w&8 Of medium size, five feet
eight or ten inches high, about thirty
years old, sallow complexion, smooth
face, perhaps g slight growth of beard,
dark hair, common clothes, looked ike
lsboring man. Both men are described
by the station agent as having
s ''western appearance" whatever that
may mean.
MUCH TALKED OF.
The robbery was a universal subject OF
conversation in the city yesterday. Most
people incline 10 the belief that the ras-
Gals came right on 10 this place and are
lodging about right under the eyes OF the
/ officers. Several suspicious looking
characters have been seen. It's reported
/ that q tough-lOOking character entered
down town saloon about 10 O'Clock
! Saturday night, and calling for six quarts
of whisky paid for itwith 500 note.
This is q sample story, and will do as a
! specimen of all the rest. The naked fact
remains that no one mas been caught.
! How are they TO be caughti How is
train robbing to be broken up?
a gentleman Of long experience as an
officer said in the presence OF reporter:
"About the only sure way to
stop it is for the Governor TO
offer reward large enough
to make it 8 big inducement for men to
hunt them down"
"Une determined man, handy with q
gun could have killed and crippled the
whole outfit" said deputy sheriff, with
disguised tone that intimated his
thorough disbelief il the nerve Of every
body aboard the entire train.
9TH get so after while," remarked
another, "that a couple of school boys
can stop and rob any train IN Texas. l
look to hear of woman holding up the
next one, single handed"
"You bet your boots they don't tackle
the Santa Fe," said G third. "They
know that OLD Black and Tan (Abe
Woody is on her, and that he'll mix it
with 'em as long es he Ca1 stand up to
shoot. Train robbers don't halt cars
that carry guards"
Sheriff Shipp-"I'd have given clean
500 out of my own pocket to have
caught 'em; but we did our best"
TIE ONLY SECURITY.
The opinion was freely expressed that
the only security for immunity from peri
odicaI plundering OF trains lay in carry
ing guards. The Texas and Pacific did
SO for while after the Gordon robbery
last winter, but let them out some time
ago. a prominent railroad official said
to GAZETTE man that it was too eXpCn-
sive q thing TO keep up. 1t is doubt
less expensive, and il il is to be
viewed merely in the light of an econom-
zeal measure, II may DC cheaper in the
long run TO submit to occasional leVies
from bandits than 10 hire guards peTma-
nently. Yet the $3.50 that the Pacific
Express Company was out in the affair
OF Saturday would have paid two men Of
pluck for six months. In addition TO
this being more satisfactory
way CT turning loose money,
there would have been the
fun of seeing spectacle that Texas
has not lately enjoyed, train robbery
that was not purely one-sided matter.
When men are hired to fight they are not
going to let gang of rutfians do ell the
practice with Winchesters.